Hip Hop and Soul group "m-flo" is made up of 3 members who were friends while at the International School; Japanese composer taku, Korean rapper verbal, now living in Boston, and Japanese-Columbian Soul Diva lisa. taku and verbal began performing in the Rap band style while in high school. Later,

while he was an exchange student in LA, taku began composing and working as a DJ, and upon his return to Japan formed "LOVE SOUL." Meanwhile, as an exchange student in Boston, verbal was pursuing the active creation of RAP, etc., so that each was building up his own musical style.

In 1998, as taku continued working for Remix and creating his own original songs, he obtained the vocal track of "The Way We Were," and featured verbal's rap arranged in an R&B style. This collaboration led to the formation of m-flo, and then side by side with the start of this spirited activity he featured lisa, who had been working as a vocalist for Ram Jam World, etc., and they began recording

.The mixture of taku's groovy mellow tracks, verbal's uplifting Rap in mixed Japanese and English, and lisa's sweet voice, established their soul-groove sound. Presently, taku and lisa are in Japan, while verbal is in Boston, and they continue to actively create sound pre-production over the Internet. m-flo's sound is being created in collaboration with Harumi Tsuyusaki, SKAPARA and Kasegi cider, as sound producers, and with the participation of Todd Okawa, known for his session work, as well as DJ Koji (now in Pittsburgh), and DJ Horii (as supporting DJ).

influential artists (during elementary school): George Michael (wham!), Duran Duran, Culture Club (during high school): Living Colour, A Tribe Called Quest * taku writes and produces all of m-flo's songs. From melodious, catchy songs, as represented by "been so long," to real hip hop like "mindstate," the music he makes covers many genres. At present, young club-artists and DJs are stirring up the streets, but in the near future there is no doubt that he will become the best of the young club-artist producers . He is already sought after as a remixer and producer of other artist's songs. Without the presence of this man there would be no reason to talk about m-flo

* songstress lisa, the only woman in the group. It need hardly be said that every listener is captivated by her sweet voice. Nor is her rapping to be overlooked. Has there ever been a female artist who delivers such a powerful rap, has a great sense of rhythm, and yet never loses the melody? Listen to her sometimes painful, intense poetic world, and let the cheerful, beauty of her sweet singing voice reach your ears.

* verbal is still studying hard and going to graduate school in Boston. In contrast to his powerful onstage rap, somewhere in his unpainted personality is a funny, relaxed Christian. The integrity of his character peeps through if you pay attention to his lyrics. Serious above all, he hates anything crooked. Listen to his "serious" rap and that attitude should be clear.

专辑曲目:

1. LET GO 2. THE OTHER SIDE OF LOVE3. LET GO(instrumental) 4. THE OTHER SIDE OF LOVE(instrumental)5. MISS YOU